Useful tips for tourists

General Tips

1. At first, do not forget to take with them documents (passport for foreigners, etc.).. A day before his departure abroad the advance put in your suitcase, bag, one carry-on luggage. Before the game carefully check the correctness of the recording of all their data: name. name, date of birth, sex, and necessarily within the validity of the passport. Under the laws of some states this period must end not earlier than six months after its entry into the country. If the validity of the passport soon ended, you have to postpone the departure abroad until the next time and will provide management, preliminary having gathered all the required list of documents for the receipt of the passport for abroad. The time of submission of the list of documents is to be expected, as a rule, almost 3 months until the time of notification to you by mail of the preparation of the document.

If the foreign passport has written children's information is necessary to verify the accuracy of the news, as indicated on them, and the presence of the pictures (for those who are more than six years). The document should not have any damage, stains and strange recordings. Finding abroad, it will always have with each other, do not give anyone for storage or as a pawn.

2. If for entry into the country must have a visa, must be formalized before. For example, the formalization of the Schengen visa NEED TO a period not less than a week and also that it proved necessary to have the list of documents for its management. If the point of arrival to travel by transit through the territory of other states, is needed before the game available at the travel agency or the consular establishments of countries that try to visit on the roads, about need for formalization of visas and transit times ACERAC of its validity in view of the date of return.

3. Tickets for all transportation must be written the name, which is indicated in the passport. Check that the path to follow and the date of entry and exit completely corresponds with what is written on the tickets. It is advisable to photocopy the notes, the pages of foreign passport, and passport and given civil biographical visas, stamps on the count of registration, driver's license, credit cards, invitations. Take a mandatory spare themselves the passport photos, including children. They will be served in case of loss of passport, and also in other situations that may arise in the country of stay. Must keep copies separately from the originals.

4. Concluding the contract with the travel agency is needed to clarify with your employees all the nuances of stay in the country. Write phone number and address of agency representation given state travel.

5. Russian citizens abroad and reach beyond their stay exceeds three months, in some countries must register with the registration of aliens (eg India). Planning the trip is necessary to take into account that in some countries there are regions where the entrance for foreigners is limited or prohibited. So it will be useful to discuss in detail with the travel agency assumptions about the places of visit.

6. In hot weather conditions and the existence of dangerous infectious diseases (hepatitis, cholera, smallpox, malaria, plague, typhoid, etc..) Paice in some Asian, African and Latin American countries need to focus attention strictly to sanitary-hygienic prevention. It urgently recommended to wash fruits and vegetables with antibacterial soap, use water, milk and juice only corked bottles or boiling in other cases. Besides this, there is a danger of contagion from difirentes exotic parasites and therefore your life can become a real nightmare, and sometimes even death. For those wishing to learn more about these beasts is recommended to watch the BBC documentary serial horrible names: "Parasites -2" and "Learn, how strongly can be eaten."

7. You need to have in mind that in many Muslim countries the standards of conduct are determined by Islamic law, which strictly regulate the mutual relations between men and women, prohibit the use of alcohol, common bathroom and men Women in the wells, and especially the naturist (bathing and swimming in the sea or in other reservoirs in the nude look). You have to know that naturism allowed only in some Paice. For example, in Cuba a person bathing in the sea completely naked police stop.

8. It is worthwhile to choose the clothes for the trip also in accordance with the rules accepted in the state. If there are in force Islamic traditions, agree with the wardrobe to take rigorous. In many countries of Eastern women are forbidden to appear in clothes open. And, say, in Iran they should be in public places wearing the scarf.

It is worth bearing in mind that in European countries (Sweden and others.) As well as in the U.S. are accepted laws prohibiting smoking in public places, restaurants and bars. In Sweden, for example, even in the 70-years of last century smoking was allowed only excused himself (and not in the balcony!) And in some of the world Paice, for example in Singapore, perceive the fine large enough for the release of any trash in places not intended for it.

So those who depart to Singapore will have to not only stop smoking but not carry the gum! Also, if traversing the road to the red light will have to pay a huge fine!

9. Comunicáis relatives and friends of his journey, the place of your stay, leave their phone numbers to contact. Write down phone numbers near the embassy and consulate of Russia in the country where you travel

At the office

1. Do not forget to formalize the customs declaration. Do not forget to state what necessarily has to be declared compulsorily corcondancia the laws of either country. About this should inform the travel agency, which had undertaken the trip. For each state run their customs rules. For example, let you freely take it no more than the sum of money equivalent in the currency which is different for different states. Do not forget also that the export / import to / from Russia defined objects can be considered corcondancia crime in Article 188 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. For example, in Argentina you can buy tea "Mate coca," New structure in which the narcotic substance. Importing such a packet in Russia and in case of discovery during registration staff will lead to criminal liability. Transporting certain goods in the standard amount you will have to established customs.

2. If you have to take with other medicines such as pills, it is necessary to note that among the countries of Southeast Asia (eg Thailand) for storage and transportation of narcotic substances sentenced to death. So do not get them out of the packaging distinctive signature that did not consider as the narcotic substance.

At the hotel

Remember the disposition of their number, also available to all entrances and exits, elevators, stairways.

The trip in the car

1. If you rent the car, check the correctness of the execution of all documents, paying particular attention to ensuring that in case of failure can not be incorporated in the view of the civil case and compensate the damage.

2. Also not necessary in any case take some things from strangers who offer rewards for driving across the border to their luggage. They may be the drugs!

His conduct in special situations

1. In case of occurrence of unforeseen circumstances (the protective custody for the local bodies, the threat of other persons, damage to your car, etc.) is needed immediately inform about this to the embassy or consulate of Russia. No need to explain to the representatives of the local protective agencies also sign any protocol and other documents written in foreign languages ​​in the absence of consular employees of the Russian Federation, as such information under the laws of other countries may be positions as the basis for the accusation of the commission of a crime.